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Tikka T3 problems
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<blockquote data-quote="FAL Shot" data-source="post: 560217" data-attributes="member: 27328"><p>Terminal Ballistics Research website states that 80% of new rifles on the shelves today are not accurate. They will not shoot MOA with any factory load or handload. Bore lapping and action bedding are commonly inadequate.</p><p> </p><p>The economic crunch has hit most firearm manufacturers hard, and in the past couple of years cost cutting and shortcuts have been the norm for most of them. The new Winchesters made by FN seem to be well made, but they are largely made by robots in a highly automated machine gun factory. FN is large enough to get past the human labor cost trap that most manufacturers find themselves in.</p><p> </p><p>I am not the least bit surprised that your newer Tikka is not the rifle that your older model is. Sako does not have the manufacturing clout that larger companies like CZ have, which makes most of their money in gearboxes, gears, bearings and drive units for the automotive and aviation industries. The civilian firearm industry is small potatoes in comparison. Plus, the CZ and FN firearms sales to government agencies swamps Sako/Tikka by comparison. Fischer skis have survived by supplying composite components to the automotive and aviation industries. Many firearms manufacturers must follow similar paths as CZ and Fischer and look beyond their current markets to survive.</p><p> </p><p>It's obvious without much emphasis from me that a lot of manufacturers will not weather this global depression we are in. </p><p> </p><p>Terminal Ballistics Research author has some good pointers regarding the problems he has seen with Tikka rifles lately. Sako has used about every cost cutting technique in the book on Tikka rifles lately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FAL Shot, post: 560217, member: 27328"] Terminal Ballistics Research website states that 80% of new rifles on the shelves today are not accurate. They will not shoot MOA with any factory load or handload. Bore lapping and action bedding are commonly inadequate. The economic crunch has hit most firearm manufacturers hard, and in the past couple of years cost cutting and shortcuts have been the norm for most of them. The new Winchesters made by FN seem to be well made, but they are largely made by robots in a highly automated machine gun factory. FN is large enough to get past the human labor cost trap that most manufacturers find themselves in. I am not the least bit surprised that your newer Tikka is not the rifle that your older model is. Sako does not have the manufacturing clout that larger companies like CZ have, which makes most of their money in gearboxes, gears, bearings and drive units for the automotive and aviation industries. The civilian firearm industry is small potatoes in comparison. Plus, the CZ and FN firearms sales to government agencies swamps Sako/Tikka by comparison. Fischer skis have survived by supplying composite components to the automotive and aviation industries. Many firearms manufacturers must follow similar paths as CZ and Fischer and look beyond their current markets to survive. It's obvious without much emphasis from me that a lot of manufacturers will not weather this global depression we are in. Terminal Ballistics Research author has some good pointers regarding the problems he has seen with Tikka rifles lately. Sako has used about every cost cutting technique in the book on Tikka rifles lately. [/QUOTE]
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